If contemporary titles, including “A Visit from the Goon Squad” and “Bright Lights, Big City” could fetch huge sums at auction, why not take a closer look at self-pubbed titles, especially those subsequently picked up by traditional publishers, which are apt to do a make-over of their own?

“My hope is our story will help others to start and continue a dialogue about unconditional friendship and teach children — and adults — how to accept and support children for who they are and how they wish to look.” Cheryl Kilodavis